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Getting to excellent : how to create better schools
- Title
- Getting to excellent : how to create better schools / Judith A. Langer.
- Author
- Langer, Judith A.
- Publication
- New York : Teachers College Press, ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB2822.82 .L36 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 129 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Getting to Excellent is for everyone educators, parents, civic leaders who want students to think sharply, like learning, and have the high literacy skills that will open the path to success in school, work, and life. Using data from her groundbreaking study of diverse middle and high schools, Judith Langer shows us what makes the difference between highly effective schools and typical, business-as-usual schools.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and index.
- Contents
- Successful schools follow a different drummer -- Tests are used to enrich the curriculum, not to narrow it -- Investing in professionalism pays off -- The academic program gets frequent tune-ups -- Instruction aims high and is responsive to students -- Parents, community, and schools work together, really -- Good schools are possible everywhere : one neighborhood, two schools -- The road to change -- Frequently asked questions.
- ISBN
- 0807744735
- 9780807744734
- 0807744727
- 9780807744727
- LCCN
- 2004043973
- OCLC
- ocm54096941
- 54096941
- SCSB-8904861
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library